badger

Definition of badger in English English dictionary: plural A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered; A person who makes badges; An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another; A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger); A brush made of badger hair; To pass gas; to fart; A native or resident of the American State of Wisconsin; To pester, to annoy persistently
He kept badgering her about her bad habits.; to pester; {n} a quadruped the size of a hog, a pedlar; A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus; annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"; One species M; It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet; A badger is a wild animal which has a white head with two wide black stripes on it. Badgers live underground and usually come up to feed at night; persuade through constant efforts; Passing gas; {f} bother, harass, annoy; sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere persuade through constant efforts; If you badger someone, you repeatedly tell them to do something or repeatedly ask them questions. She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something They kept phoning and writing, badgering me to go back Richard's mother badgered him into taking a Spanish wife. an animal which has black and white fur, lives in holes in the ground, and is active at night (Probably from badge; because of the white marks on its head). to try to persuade someone by asking them something several times = pester. Any of eight species of stout-bodied carnivores (family Mustelidae) that possess an anal scent gland, powerful jaws, and large, heavy claws on their forefeet. Most species are brown, black, or gray, with markings on the face or body, and are found in South Asia. Badgers dig to find food and to construct burrows and escape routes. The American badger (Taxidea taxus), the only New World species, lives in the open, dry country of western North America. Badgers feed mostly on small animals, especially rodents. Species may be 9-12 in. (23-30 cm) high and 13-32 in. (33-81 cm) long, excluding the 2-to 10-in. (5- to 23-cm) tail, and may weigh 2-48 lbs (1-22 kg). Badgers can be savage fighters; To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently; A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered; An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another; To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain; A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists; sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere; vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America; {i} small burrowing mammal; fur pelt of a badger; A common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (Ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger); A native or resident of the State of Wisconsin (US); {i} brock
badger game: The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting money by threats of exposure
badger state: Wisconsin; a nickname
Eurasian badger: A badger species indigenous to Europe, Meles meles
European badger: An alternative term for the Eurasian badger, Meles meles
stink badger: Either of the species of mammals in the Mydaus genus
A badger: brock
A badger: bawson
A badger: bawsin
american badger: a variety of badger native to America
badgered: {s} bugged; annoyed; harassed
badgering: the act of harassing someone
badgering: The act of one who badgers
badgering: present participle of badger
badgering: The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit
badgers: third-person singular of badger
badgers: plural of badger
eurasian badger: a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia
ferret badger: small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia
hog badger: southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig

badger

Hyphenation

badg·er

Turkish pronunciation

bäcır

Synonyms

wisconsinite, annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat, give the business, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on

Pronunciation

/ˈbaʤər/ /ˈbæʤɜr/

Etymology

[ ba-j&r ] (noun.) 1523. From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), from Anglo-Norman bage (“emblem”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze.